Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
butterflyblob
Swing Joined: 9/2/08
#1Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:08pm
I just got an email from Telecharge informing me that the Saturday matinee of Reasons to be Pretty (3/21), a performance I had tickets to, was canceled. So was their Wednesday matinee for this week--3/18.
This strikes me as a little strange. The two performances were so far apart, and who cancels a Saturday matinee? Anyone know what the deal is?
Updated On: 3/16/09 at 12:08 PM
#2re: Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:10pm
#2re: Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:11pm
A change in the television shooting schedules for Steven Pasquale (who is filming "Rescue Me" for F/X) and director Terry Kinney (who is filming "The Unusuals" for ABC.)
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/127324.html
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#3re: Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:11pm
They blame the TV shooting schedules yes, but I'm sure they will be taking this time to try and "fix" the play.
I'd start by firing Piper Perabo.
Good luck to them...
butterflyblob
Swing Joined: 9/2/08
#4re: Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:13pm
Interesting. I have to say, canceling a Saturday matinee makes me a little skeptical. I'm thinking I'll hold off on buying a new ticket until after it opens.
How are ticket sales? It's been on TDF for several weeks and most performances don't seem to be selling out.
#5re: Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:14pm
WithoutATrace, why would they need to "fix" a play that got rave reviews at MMC just last year from almost every critic in town?
Furthermore, why would they fire an actress who was widely regarded as strong in that production? You might not have cared for Perabo, but obviously others disagree.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 3/16/09 at 12:14 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:16pm
In all honesty, if the direction and performances are at all similar to the ones from last summer, I don't see how it was raved about. The play itself is brilliantly written but... yeah. Not all that great of a production. At least what I saw the other night.
But I do hope they use this time very wisely. VERY wisely.
#7re: Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:18pm
Making changes to directional or acting choices (considering there are two new principle players in this incarnation) is a lot different than suggesting changes be made to the text itself.
Having seen the show at MCC, I can attest that Thomas Sadoski and Piper Perabo are delivering the same performances that were received so strongly in that production.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 3/16/09 at 12:18 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#8re: Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:19pmI don't think the play said anything that hasn't been said a zillion times before...I just felt it was mediocre material.
#9re: Reasons to be Pretty Performances Canceled?
Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:24pm
Having seen the show at MCC, I can attest that Thomas Sadoski and Piper Perabo are delivering the same performances that were received so strongly in that production.
Then I am baffled.
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